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Procreation among the Trobriand Islanders
Oceania • 5 • Published In 1934 • Pages: 103-113
By: Austen, Leo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Mr. Austen discusses the sexual-physiological knowledge and beliefs of the Trobrianders, with particular stress upon their ideas of conception, pregnancy, and heredity. In doing so, he throws further light on one of the more interesting and controversial aspects of Trobriand culture. Austen was Assistant Resident Magistrate of the Trobriand Islands from 1931 to 1935.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnophysiology
- Ethnobotany
- Pregnancy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Trobriands
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Arthur Fields
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Leo Austen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders